about 800‚000 to 900‚000 people who are HIV-positive. Over 300‚000 people are living with AIDS. Each year‚ there are about 40‚000 new infections. In the mid-1990s‚ AIDS was a leading cause of death. However‚ newer treatments have cut the AIDS death rate significantly. In addition‚ in the early 1990’s‚ AIDS was mostly only infecting homosexual men. Now‚ it has spread to men and women of all ages and sexualities. Homosexual men are at the highest risk for HIV/AIDS. Today‚ more than half of all new infections
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Drug abuse has become a major social problem in many parts of the world. Discuss the consequences of drug abuse and ways to deal with the problem. Nowadays‚ we are all becoming aware of the fact that the number of drug users is increasing year by year. Most people‚ especially young generation try the drug to follow the example of their friends and unnoticeably they become victim of it. I would discuss the consequences of drug abuse and ways to deal with the problem. The consequences connected
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An Exploration of the dynamics of HIV/AIDS. | People have unlimited needs and wants‚ but governments have limited resources. In the allocation of funds to any sector‚ the government faces competing interests. Money must be allocated for roads‚ public transportation‚ education as well as health care. Thus any government‚ seeking the people’s best interests would need to find a way to allocate resources that would be both efficient and equitable. HIV is an epidemic that treatments to wipe
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Running Head: Face of AIDS: Gender Inequality and HIV/AIDS 1 Face of AIDS: Gender Inequality and HIV/AIDS Introduction The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)‚ which eventually develops into acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) is a devastating disease that has reached pandemic levels‚ affecting all populations worldwide. Since the first reported case of HIV/AIDS in the early 1980s‚ HIV/AIDS has become one of the leading causes of mortality across the globe in the history of mankind (U
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Business College Stella Maris Polytechnic St. Joseph Campus‚ Capitol Hill‚ Monrovia‚ Liberia Course Title: English 201: Sophomore English I Topic: HIV/AIDS PANDEMIC: “Its Social Ramifications and Impacts on the Liberian Society” Thesis: Perhaps the most life-threatening‚ incurable but preventive disease to the human race is the HIV/AIDS Pandemic‚ and the awareness and understanding of its social ramifications and impacts on the Liberian society is paramount. Prepared by: Johnson S
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The Truth about HIV/AIDS Iyana Scott Language Arts The Truth about AIDS How can we decrease the spread of HIV/AIDS virus? There are approximately 1‚148‚200 individuals residing in the United States who are living with the HIV virus or full blown AIDS. Human Immunodeficiency Virus‚ also referred to as HIV‚ is an advanced virus that gradually reproduces a retrovirus that results into the development of immunodeficiency syndrome‚ known as AIDS. AIDS is a condition when the human
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HIV/AIDS a Communicable Disease Jennifer Hudson August 20‚ 2010 A communicable disease is an illness that is spread through contact of germs and bacteria. Humans‚ animals and foods are all transporters of germs and bacteria that can deliver a contagious illness from one host to another. An effortless touch or swapping of fluids is all that germs and bacteria need to spread. There are several pertinent communicable diseases in the World today. For the purposes of this paper‚ we will focus on
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AIDS/HIV The HIV virus poses one of the biggest viral threats to human society today. It is contracted through bodily fluids such as blood and semen‚ and sometimes even saliva and tears. AIDS kills 100% of its victims and puts them through agony before they die. It has been a threat for about 15 years‚ and it is not going to stop now. In fact‚ AIDS is just getting started: It consumes more people each year. There is no known treatment for it either‚ only antibiotics to slow the reproduction
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HIV/AIDS and African Americans In the United States one of the leading causes of death for African American women is HIV/AIDS. This paper is on the African American women living in the United States with HIV/AIDS‚ how the health care policy affects them and the different stakeholders that are being affected by the health care policy. “HIV is the virus that causes AIDS” (2010). The virus weakens the body’s defense system‚ this makes it hard on the body to fight off other health problems and as
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HIV/AIDS in South Korea Fall 2011 H312 AIDS and STIS in Modern Society AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome) and HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus)‚ is a world pandemic disease that has plagued countries around the world since 1981. HIV/AIDS affects both men and women of all ages. AIDS is a deadly disease that deteriorates the immune system. You don’t have to be sexually active to get AIDS some people are even born with it. It has an impact on many people’s lives either by themselves being
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